Star Wars?

Much excitement surrounds the cinema release of the new Star Wars film, 'Star War Six: Revenge of the Six'. I can't drum up too much enthusiasm myself. I was 10 when the first Star Wars came out, and dutifully queued up to see what I had been told was the best film ever made. Even at 10 I found it okay. That's all, just okay. It had Peter Cushing in it, still prominent on cinema screens in the 1970s in adventures such as 'At the Earth's Core'. It was science fiction, only really available in imported American TV rubbish (the TV version of 'Logan's Run' was on at the time I think), which was another main attraction, and it was the first taste of merchandising overkill (bubble gum cards, Star Wars comics, etc).

I grew older though and missed the next two films. I taped them when they were on television last Christmas but haven't watched them yet. Years on they release a new Star Wars, featuring a young Alec Guinness but no young Peter Cushing. Every three years they release a new one. Are they going backwards or forwards? I feel so behind but my age comforts me: it was 10 in 1977 not 2005 for God's sake.

I bump into a local headmaster and he tells me he has recently seen 'Star Wars Six: Revenge of the Six'.
'Brilliant', he says.
Arrrggghh!